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After having run several Ubuntu global jams in the last couple of years, I would like to try something new this year.

Global Jams so far have been a lot around bug triage and educating new members on how to get involved with the Ubuntu community, This year, I would like to start a development project that has the aim to create another tool that could allow more people to get involved with the community.

It is almost the time again. Less than on week left for the newest Ubuntu release. As every year, lots of work has been put into the release. Not only directly by the Ubuntu community, but also by the Debian community and all the upstream projects.

After all this work, it will be time to celebrate the fruits of the work that has been achieved. In the Ubuntu community we traditionally do this by having release parties all over the world. The official Ubuntu Loco in Canada also participates with several such parties in Ontario and Quebec.

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Apparently the Pirate Party in Canada is on its way to achieve similar popularity, especially among young voters as it has become normal in Europe. In a debate for the federal election in Canada's premiere research and technology, Kitchener-Waterloo, the home of RIM's blackberry, according to this survey, the local pirate party candidate won.

On Saturday, March 12 at Kwartzlab in Kitchener, the inaugural open data code fest for the Region of Waterloo will commence, from 11am to whenever. Bring a laptop and your enthusiasm to do interesting things with open data.

The Open Data Waterloo Region web site announces the following about this event:

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For those who are interested. There will be a lecture about Science Fiction and The Future of Humanity Lecture at the Stratford Library between 7pm and 9pm, today October 7,
2010. The lecture will be given by Joseph Novak

More information for the Southern Ontario Hackerspace Conference has just come in! The participants will receive badges that double as experimental boards for an ARM micro-controller.

Remember, this particular board is only available at SoOnCon 2010! So register now!

Hackers from Windsor, London, GTA, Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, Waterloo Region and other approximate areas in Southern Ontario need to hurry to buy tickets for this year's Southern Ontario Hackerspace Conference.

Tickets can be obtained here.

On October 16, 2010, another occurrence of the already famous Ubuntu release parties will be happening in Kitchener, Ontario in the Kwartzlab. This time, we will be celebrating the release of Maverick Meerkat which will be released on October 10. The event will be organised by the Ubuntu Canada LoCo.

Just a reminder, that tomorrow is Software Freedom Day and the local event for Kitchener, Waterloo Region in Ontario will be in the Kwartzlab. I hope many will find the time in their busy lives to come by and bring with them some friends that are not so familiar with open source yet. We will even have a drawing for computers that we will give away. More information in the earlier post.

On 1-2 October 2010, SoOnCon will be held in Kitchener, Ontario. SoOnCon is the Southern Ontario Hackerspaces & Makers Mini-Conference.

Tickets can be obtained already, and soon more information about all the talks and presentation at the conference will be available too.